Authors

Torie Rose DeGhett

 

Torie Rose DeGhett is a staff editor for Current Intelligence, where she runs their morning round-up blog called the Readbook. Her recent and ongoing research focus is the active political role of revolutionary protest music and performers in the Middle East and North Africa and the dynamic connection between this music and political culture. Work of hers on this subject has been published in Guernica, with other outlets forthcoming. Other freelance work of hers has appeared in venues like Small Wars Journal, Alternet, and The Risky Shift. She currently blogs at The Political Notebook.

ARTICLES BY Torie Rose DeGhett

  • The Rhythms of Egypt's Revolutionaries

    The Rhythms of Egypt's Revolutionaries

    Music has been one of the most invigorating and beautiful forms of activism across the Middle East and North Africa during the revolutions and uprisings of 2011. People have rallied around the musicians and their messages, from rappers like Morocco`s El Haked or Tu..